Jim Schaefer
Jim Schaefer | |
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| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Awards | George Polk Award (2008) Pulitzer Prize (2009) |
Jim Schaefer is an American journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, where he works as an investigative journalist for the Detroit Free Press.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Schaefer graduated from Ohio State University. He was an investigative producer for WXYZ-TV.
He led an investigation into fentanyl.[1]
With the Detroit Free Press, Schaefer was one member of a team that covered Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and uncovered the scandals that led to his 2008 resignation from office and criminal conviction.[2] To break the case open, the reporters filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that was heard by the Michigan Supreme Court.[3] The Detroit Free Press staff, which notably included contributors Schaefer and M.L. Elrick, shared the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, which cited the staff's "uncovering of a pattern of lies by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that included denial of a sexual relationship with his female chief of staff, prompting an investigation of perjury that eventually led to jail terms for the two officials."[4]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism[4]
- 2009 1st Amendment Watchdog Award [5]
- 2008 George Polk Award[3]
- 2008 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism[6]
- 2008 Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Award for Excellence in Reporting on Drug and Alcohol Problems.[7]
See also
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jim Schaefer (Reporter) at Library of Congress, with 0 library catalog records (?)
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